Shumar (שֻׁמָּר) means fennel in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שֻׁמָּר
shumar
noun · masculine
In English
fennel
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shumar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1צמח רב שנתי, גבוה, בעל פרחים צהובים.
The word Shumar is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שֻׁמָּר
- Written without vowel points
- שומר
- Said
- shumar
- Root
- ש־מ־ר
- Pattern
- קֻטָּל
- Plural
- שֻׁמָּרִים
- Inflections
- ר' שֻׁמָּרִים; שֻׁמָּר־, ר' שֻׁמְּרֵי־
- Gematria
- 546
This is how Shumar is said in other languages.
- English
- fennel
These words rhyme with Shumar.
The word Shumar comes from the root ש־מ־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Shumar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shumar.
What does Shumar (שֻׁמָּר) mean in Hebrew?
Shumar (שֻׁמָּר) means fennel. It is said shumar, with the stress on mar.
What rhymes with Shumar (שֻׁמָּר)?
Words that rhyme with Shumar (שֻׁמָּר) include דבר, בשר, מספר, איבר, ישר, and זכר.
Is Shumar (שֻׁמָּר) masculine or feminine?
The word Shumar (שֻׁמָּר) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שֻׁמָּרִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שמר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.